Venture Studio · European Physical AI
Go-to-market, distribution, fundraising, and talent.
For European Physical AI founders.
On the floor · NEURA · KUKA · NVIDIA · Hannover Messe
The problem we solve
Here is what changes when the right people finally see it.
Case 01
French robotics startup, no prior European presence.
Case 02
YC-backed team, pre-launch stealth.
Case 03
Industrial AI, misread by the market.
One arc, not four services. From unknown to funded to staffed, from a team that has been in the room with 100+ robotics founders.
Sell
Get known
Get funded
Staff up, via partner
How you pay
No budget is not a no. It is a deal structure.
The founder without cash becomes part of the portfolio.
The engine
We did not build media to make content.
We built it to see the market earlier and reach the right people faster. It is how we know what to bring to whom, before anyone else.
Where we have been on the ground
Market access, not just content. Put your product in front of 120,000+ engineers and decision-makers across European robotics. Campaign or retainer.
Recent campaigns
People who've never set foot in a factory will never understand. I watched this three times.
The uncomfortable truth in robotics: better tech does not win. Execution does.
You've never heard of them. Next week, they're shipping your first personal robot. Costs $8,999.
Robotics has an unwritten rule: hardware first, deployment later. A tiny team in Brooklyn ignored that.
You need $100 Billion to solve self-driving? Wrong. A small team in San Diego is doing it for $999.
Some assembly steps are still too messy for classic robot programming. AUDI AG is changing that.
The destination
22Astronauts is becoming a studio. Every founder we help is proprietary deal flow. Co-investment for the right partners.
The person behind it
Founder, 22Astronauts
Ten years in manufacturing, robotics, and AI. On factory floors, at every major European event, and in the room with the founders building it. I did not come from media. I came from the industry, and built the distribution channel because it did not exist.
Get in touch
We work with a small number of companies at a time. Tell us who you are and what you need.
ilir.aliu@22astronauts.com